Journey of the Worlds.. Part 11
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(recap) Paul continued to look at Jonathan like he had rocks in his head.
"Listen to him bud" said a voice. "It's true"
Paul looked past Jonathan to see Nick standing there dressed only in boxers.
"You look like shit" said Paul. "You're still drunk"
"I feel like shit thank you" said Nick coming closer and wrapping his arm around Jonathan's waist. "It's true though. I was there when it happened. It's a long story, but you are a part of it now. It kinda goes like this..........."
Chapter One:
A month had passed. Time for Nick and Jonathan continued it's slow path. Back in Key West, the yacht was moored at the edge of Fern Grotto. They had stayed pretty close to home the past few weeks. It had taken Nick the better part of the first week to get over the party. Being at sea, despite being calm did nothing for his hangover. Now back on dry land and a month removed from the party, Nick was back to his old self. Paul had taken quite some time to come to grips with Jonathan's immortality. Being edgy and jumpy, he kind of avoided Jonathan as much as possible. Jonathan realized it was going to take some time and gave him his room. Especially after doing the knife trick on his arm for Paul. Things were slowly returning back to normal.
This particular afternoon, Jonathan was out on the deck working on lunch and paperwork. Brandon had loaded him down with a file that, as he had put it, "Cannot be ignored any longer." Jonathan smiled to himself as he worked through responses on the computer; and signed paperwork and checks. He was really bad about paperwork. For a long time before he met Nick, he had been very exacting on all aspects of the company. These days he had relaxed and let his managers work the companies and he oversaw them. Looking through all the daily reports he realized he needed to give Brandon a raise. Jonathan finished his coffee and got up to stretch. Sebastian, who had been lounging on top of the table in the early afternoon sun, took this as his cue to start pawing through the papers.
"Stop that cat" Jonathan told him.
Sebastian looked at him put his ears back and slunk off the table growling.
"I heard that furball" Jonathan said as he finished stretching.
Turning, he heard laughter coming from around some bushes. As Jonathan looked over at them out of the corner of his eye, he saw Nick. He was returning from his morning run. Dressed in only jogging shorts and sneakers the sweat cascaded off his body; outlining the extraordinary muscles of his torso. Running with him were two of his body guards. It was almost funny to see that they seemed to be having trouble keeping up with him. Jonathan smiled as Nick approached him sweat dripping off of him.
"Whoa babe" said Jonathan, putting his hands out. "Get that sweaty nasty body to the shower before you even think of getting some loving"
"What?" asked Nick stretching out and cooling off. He nodded at the two guards as they went into the house. "I usually get this sweaty after we have sex."
"Yeah I know" said Jonathan "But, I'm in clothes and clean. You are nasty at the moment"
"Well, what should we do about that?" asked Nick, mischief in his voice.
A devilish smile came over Jonathan's face. "Close your eyes and I'll show ya"
Nick closed his eyes and slipped his sweaty shorts off his hips in anticipation. Not wearing a jock, his cock was rapidly swelling in lust.
"OK" said Jonathan "Open your eyes"
Nick opened his eyes, expecting to see Jonathan naked before him or at least on his knees in front of his now fully erect 8.5 inch cock. What he saw however was somewhat different. He was suspended in mid air eight feet over the deep end of the pool. He looked around in confusion and saw Jonathan with his arm out pointing at him standing at the edge of the pool. He had not even felt Jonathan move him.
"Like I said" said Jonathan smiling. "You're too nasty at the moment to touch"
With that he closed his hand. Nick didn't even have time to yelp as he fell ass first into the pool. He touched bottom and came back up sputtering. "Damn"
He suddenly found himself pushed underwater again. This time however it was by a now naked Jonathan. As the two broke the surface, Jonathan kissed him.
"That's much better. Nice and clean" said Jonathan.
Nick returned the kiss and started to fondle Jonathan's cock that was now rapidly swelling. As the two treaded water, kissing and fondling each other they were interrupted by a shadow falling on them.
"Can't you two ever fool around in bed?" came the British overtones of Anthony.
"Something you needed?" asked Jonathan as he held Nick against him.
"I don't" Anthony replied, "However there is a phone call from the hotel in Boston. Seems rather urgent"
Jonathan kissed Nick once more and swam to the edge of the pool "Gimme" he said pointing at the phone.
The phone call took two minutes. "Damn" he said breaking the connection. He looked at Anthony tossing him the phone. "Find Brandon and Danny now"
He looked back at Nick. "Get a move on, we're headed for Boston" He got out of the pool and reached for a towel.
Nick got out and walked over "What's up?"
"Damn hotel is on fire" said Jonathan starting to break into a run for the house. Nick followed toweling off best as he could while running.
"How, what" he asked as they entered the house. Before he could get any answers, Brandon had appeared coming down the steps from the upstairs office as they were going up.
"What's up boss" asked Brandon. He had long ago gotten over seeing Jonathan or Nick naked.
"Call Don" he started as he turned Brandon around and pushed him back up the stairs. "Get Renaissance fired up for Boston. I want to be in the air in 30 minutes. Better find Mark too." The tone of his voice left no discussion.
"What's wrong" asked Brandon as he reached for his cell phone. "Something happen?"
"Yeah" said Jonathan "Some damn fire bug torched the hotel in Boston. Seven floors are burning out of control."
"Fuck" said Brandon. "Let me get moving"
He dashed out of the door as Jonathan dashed into the shower. Nick was already getting dressed as he came back out of it 30 seconds later.
"Why fly man?" asked Nick as he pushed his feet into a pair of sneakers "Can't you like just teleport or what ever it is that Kristian does?"
"Haven't gotten that far yet" said Jonathan, slamming a tee shirt over his head. "Dropping you in the pool is one thing, moving me over 1200 miles is another."
Danny chose that moment to come into the room.
"What's up" he asked. "Brandon is running around like a mad man"
"We're going to Boston now" said Jonathan, slapping the wrist watch around his arm. "The hotel is on fire. I need a detachment of investigators from the company to meet us there. Do what you need from the plane, but we're moving now."
Chapter Two:
It was a fast drive from Fern Grotto to the airport. Danny had recently brought a new member on board the security crew; Eric. It was apparent that he was a trained driver as he spun the Hummer through the streets of Key West at far above posted rate; rarely relying on the brakes. Danny, working the cell phone like a violin had already cleared them for arrival at the Naval Air Station, where Renaissance was kept. In a screaming turn that left rubber for 200 feet, Eric fired the Hummer around a corner and straight through the gates. Coming to a halt barely 20 feet from the plane, Danny opened the door and let Jonathan and Nick out of the back. A standby agent was waiting and hopped in the Hummer after everyone had gotten out to get it out of the way. All four engines were already turning above idle as they boarded.
Jonathan went straight upstairs and through the lounge and dining room to the cockpit. He walked into it.
"Rock and roll Don" said Jonathan. "Fast trip"
"You got it boss" said Captain Hendrickson. "We are precleared from here. No traffic in the area, it will be a fast smooth roll out"
"OK" said Jonathan, "Gimme about 10 minutes warning out"
"You got it" came the reply.
Jonathan barely had time to make it back downstairs before the jet was making its turn for the taxiway. He walked into the down stairs lounge to see Anthony and Karen there.
"How did you two get here?" he asked. "We broke damn near every moving violation law in Florida"
"We left about 60 seconds after you finished with the call." said Anthony. "Figured you might want us around"
"Thanks guys" said Jonathan meaning it sincerely.
Karen walked around from the back of the bar with a tray of small sandwiches and a pitcher of Bloody Mary's . "Nothing you can do for at least two and a half hours, so you might as well try to relax. I know your lunch got interrupted and Nick hasn't eaten."
Jonathan nodded his thanks as he walked over and poured out two glasses and gave one to Nick. Anthony and Karen left them quietly.
"Thanks man" said Nick, taking a long sip. "Who would want to burn the hotel?"
"No one I know" said Jonathan, with a smile at a half attempt at humor. "But who the fuck knows. Fire bugs are all over. Might just be our bad luck."
"I hope everyone got out" said Nick.
Jonathan paused and smiled at Nick. He had really matured in the past year. He was showing signs of becoming quite a mature upstanding adult.
"What are you smiling about" said Nick, coming over and sitting next to Jonathan.
"You" said Jonathan. He kissed Nick briefly. "I was just looking at you and thinking about how mature you've become"
"Nah" said Nick, putting his drink down. "I'm still a horny little kid"
"You were never little" said Jonathan. "At least as long as I've been playing with it"
The two broke up in laughter. They had progressed in their relationship that before, such banter would have led to a bout of all out fucking. Now they took their pleasure in each others presence. Nick fell over on to Jonathan as the plane rotated into the skies. He managed to hold on to his drink without spilling any. Jonathan pushed Nick back into a sitting position as the plane gained altitude.
"Maybe I'll let ya play with it later" said Nick.
"Maybe?" asked Jonathan arching an eyebrow
"You did dump me in the pool ya know" said Nick.
Jonathan looked at Nick. He half closed his eyes at him. Nick suddenly looked cross-eyed and let out a small groan.
"That'll teach ya" said Jonathan softly kissing him, pulling Nick's tongue into his mouth. His thoughts had reached out and given Nick an unplanned and uncontrolled orgasm. As the cum exploded out of his now solid cockshaft he returned the kiss.
"Damn babe" said Nick, breathing heavily "Give me a little warning next time."
"Hehehe" said Jonathan rubbing Nick's crotch, feeling the wetness there. "You made a mess"
"Like I had a choice" said Nick smiling. He kissed Jonathan again. "I love you"
"I know babe" said Jonathan "I love you too. Go change, I wanna see what's going on in Boston"
While Nick went into the bedroom area to clean up his orgasmic mess, Jonathan grabbed a plate of sandwich halves, his drink, and headed back towards the office. Entering it, he found Danny on the phone. Mark was over on the small conference table working a computer.
"What's going on guys?" he asked without prelude.
"Three of the seven floors are contained at this point" said Brandon, hanging up the phone. "The fire apparently started in a storage area on the ballroom floor-the third floor if you recall."
"Yeah I know, go on" said Jonathan. He continued munching on the food and drink.
"Fire went through the ballroom like shit through a goose." said Brandon. "It rapidly took over the next six floors of guest rooms. Everyone was evacuated without any serious injuries"
"What happened to the sprinkler system?" asked Jonathan. "That should have contained it to the ballroom level"
"We don't know yet" said Mark, turning around in his chair. "I've tapped into the engineering computer systems at the hotel. As near as I can tell from the early computer logs about 6 am or so, someone bypassed the computer relays and apparently disabled with water flow to the sprinkler systems on those floors as well as inserted a virus program that would kill the electricity to the guest floors at 11AM precisely. That's about when the fire broke out. Unless a full diagnostic was run on the system, which wasn't scheduled, the problems wouldn't have been caught. From there it is anyone's guess. That would be up to the fire department. That much work doesn't sounds like an ordinary arsonist."
"OK" said Jonathan. "Keep working at it."
Jonathan walked to the desk and picked up the phone and punched the intercom phone. "Danny?"
"Yeah boss" came the reply. "I'm upstairs"
"Coming up to see you" Jonathan said hanging up the phone.
Walking up the stairs he entered the upstairs lounge. "Should have taken the G-V. Less walking" he muttered to himself. "What do we have on your end?"
"Investigators are on site waiting to get access" said Danny. "We had moved one of the offices to Boston to work the New England area on investigations, so that worked out well. The Boston Fire Department has been contacted and they will be working hand in hand with our people when they get the fire out, which will probably be at least another three or four hours."
"OK" said Jonathan. "Anything else I should know?"
"It is probably an arsonist." said Danny. "A second hotel was torched at the same time; however I'm not gonna take any chances. There will be a team to meet us and make sure you stay in one piece."
"Put them on Nick" said Jonathan. "It's his hotel. Besides, I can't be killed if you recall"
"Yeah, but you can be shot and from both our personal experiences it hurts like Hell" said Danny.
"Two points" said Jonathan, "Just make sure Nick stays safe, just in case like you said. I just talked to Mark downstairs. You might want to review what he has and possibly send it on to the investigation team. Seems it might not just be an arsonist, and the second fire could just be some way to cover it up."
"Interesting. I'll check into it." said Danny. "By the way, we have one of the Hummers on board. It was driven in behind us and put on board while you were getting on board"
"That'll work" said Jonathan. "Let's try not to get too many tickets this time?"
That brought a small laugh from Danny.
Chapter Three:
Jonathan walked back down stairs to the front lounge and checked the computer system. It showed that they were still 59 minutes from touch down. Captain Hendrickson was really pushing the plane. Looking around and not seeing Nick, we went into the bedroom. He found him just getting dressed.
"That was a long shower" said Jonathan coming over and pressing himself against Nick's back, kissing his neck.
"Was hoping you were going to come in" said Nick. He pressed back against Jonathan feeling the lips on his neck. He turned around to kiss Jonathan.
"Checking on the hotel and shit" said Jonathan, letting his hands roam freely over Nick's body, dressed only in boxers and jeans.
The two continued to kiss. Jonathan ran his hands over the sculpted abs of Nick. His small pointed nipples stood out against the hard chest. "You're so beautiful man"
"Thanks babe" said Nick, "You aren't so bad yourself."
Breaking the kiss Jonathan led Nick over to the couch in the room. "The fire is contained to about 3 or 4 floors at this point. We'll know more when we get there. Danny has investigators there as well as a team meeting us at the airport."
"Why the security team?" asked Nick as his fingers trailed along Jonathan's leg.
"He is probably being overly cautious, but I figure it can't hurt" said Jonathan. "Mark uncovered some stuff that points that it might not just be an arsonist."
"Really?" he asked a trace of concern in his voice. "Like what?"
"Something about the computer logs of the hotel in engineering" said Jonathan, putting his arm around Nick. "Said something also about a virus insertion into the engineering profiles."
"Maybe I should take a look" said Nick "I am a master hacker you know"
"You referring to your performance in bed or computers?" asked Jonathan with a smile.
This earned him a smack on the back of the head as Nick got up. "I've never heard any complaints"
"True this" said Jonathan. "Go ahead and take a look at what Mark has. He is in the office"
Nick was back a moment later pulling on a sweater. He stopped to give Jonathan a kiss. "Love ya babe. I want a chance to return the favor later"
"You got it baby" said Jonathan.
Chapter Four:
"Renaissance One Heavy, this is Logan Tower." came the voice over the radio in the cockpit. "You are cleared for final approach Runway 19 L; cross winds at 10. Contact ground control on taxiway. Be advised there are reps from Boston PD and FD awaiting your arrival at General Aviation"
"Logan, Renaissance One Heavy acknowledge" replied Captain Hendrickson. He flipped a second switch. "We are on final approach, buckle up people 3 minutes to touchdown."
Jonathan looked up from his paperwork. It never failed to amaze him that even at the height of a crisis, Brandon could manage to keep things going. The files and computer that had been on the table outside before this had all started was in front of him. Brandon had packed it all up and had it waiting on board.
Nick came into the front lounge just as he logged off the puter. "What's up sexy?" Jonathan asked him.
"I looked at the hotel engineering computer" said Nick. "Nice job of hacking. Someone got the unlisted number for the computer, which isn't all that hard, and hacked into it"
"Any idea how?" Jonathan asked.
"Yeah, pretty good idea" said Nick. "I've done the same thing. I can look at my files. I think I have a copy of the program they used. Anyway once in there, they did some re-arranging of the files and buried the two changes. They knew what they were doing"
"That doesn't make me feel very good" said Jonathan. "That probably means it was done by someone who wanted to do serious damage"
"Yeah" said Nick, kind of quietly.
Jonathan reached over and picked up the phone and punched a couple of buttons.
"Yeah boss?" came the reply
"How many people do you have on the ground Danny?" he asked
"Four investigators" he said. "I've also got six guys armed and waiting. I'm here along with Eric, Jeff and a couple others"
"OK" said Jonathan. "I'd like a couple more. I got a bad feeling. Maybe some to keep the plane and crew company too.'
"That's a switch" said Danny. "I'll have them waiting. I'll meet you at the forward doors after we shut down."
"Thanks" said Jonathan.
"You want extra security?" asked Nick suspiciously.
"Yeah" said Jonathan coming around the desk. "Just want to keep your cute ass intact. There's only one hole I want to make love to back there. Don't want several."
"Perv" said Nick meeting him halfway across the cabin and kissing him.
"MMMMmmm' said Jonathan. "You certainly have learned to kiss"
"Hehe" said Nick "A few other things too"
"This is true" said Jonathan.
As the plane made its' approach to General Aviation and shut down the engines, Jonathan looked out a porthole. It was snowing lightly. He also noticed a fair amount of activity around the plane. From what he could see from 35 feet up, two vans of personnel were unloading and unlimbering weapons.
"Heh" he said to himself. "You'd think we were Air Force One or something"
"You got enough people around us or what babe?" asked Nick looking out another window.
"I think so" said Jonathan as he headed towards the front door of the plane. The stewards were waiting with jackets for both of them. Likewise Brandon was there with phones. Danny came forward.
"You stay on board until I see what's up and get the Hummer unloaded" said Danny.
"OK" said Jonathan. He noted that there were three security personnel on the jetstairs that had been pushed up to the plane. He also noted two police officers.
"Better talk to them too" said Jonathan tilting his head towards the door. "I don't think they are to happy with the army downstairs"
"They can kiss my ass" said Danny as he opened the front doors. He went outside. As he was talking to the cops, two of the outside security force as well as two on board stood near the doorway barring access.
Finally ten minutes later after a bit of shouting and such, the cops left. Danny returned to the plane.
"OK" he said. "Lets go. The vans will be in front and in back of us"
They all marched down the jetstairs; Nick and Jonathan surrounded by eight people. In the far distance, looking at the skyline of Boston they could see the pall of smoke from the hotel fire against the setting sun and sky.
"Damn" said Jonathan.